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School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0086

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    People milk a cow at mid-night on May Eve to bring the luck of the butter to themselves.
    On May Eve people put a bone of a rabbit in their crop for luck.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona Donahoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Donohue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Galway